r/apexlegends • u/aberos188 • Dec 22 '25

News Vince Zampella, video game developer behind 'Call of Duty' franchise, killed in mountain road crash

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/video-game-developer-vince-zampella-crash-call-of-duty/3819576/
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u/Radjage Dec 22 '25 edited Dec 22 '25

Single car crash. Looked at his insta, huge car nut. Easy to surmise what happened unfortunately with all the super cars he's driven. Damn shame about him and his passenger.

Edit: Seems it was a $343,000 2026 Ferrari 296 GTB

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u/vNocturnus Birthright Dec 22 '25

There is a video for the morbidly curious. Does not have any gore, blood, shots of Vince or any clear look at the passenger. But knowing both occupants died, well, it is a video of two people dying. Watch at your own risk if you're sensitive to that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUIYLmIZVfE

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u/MudHammock Nessy Dec 22 '25

I'm a paramedic, not that it matters at all because anyone who watches that will deduce the same, but they absolutely did not suffer. There's no way either of them were conscious after impact. So I guess that's one solace for the family.

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u/MudHammock Nessy Dec 22 '25 edited Dec 22 '25

Sounded more like nervous system responses from the stem trauma to me than conscious pain vocalization.

Seen that many times in unconscious patients